Example sentences of "[adv] it may [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 2 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
| 3 | Thus it may be said ( stage one ) that fundamental to the biblical outlook is that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , no more male and female . |
| 4 | Hence it may be said that ‘ health service inflation ’ has risen faster than inflation in the rest of the economy . |
| 5 | Alternatively it may be said bluntly that in all cases of intimidation , whatever the nature of the threatened act , C's cause of action is wholly independent of B's . |
| 6 | Embarrassment , it seems clear , is a major concern of the British psyche , and the dreams the British dream , if opinion-polls are to be believed , tend to be about social embarrassment , with amorous fantasy playing only a disappointingly minor role ; and if that is to be taken in evidence , then it may be said to represent a more powerful obsession than sex . |
| 7 | Once a practice has become well established in terms of the relationship within or between different organs of the state , finding recognition in works of authority and by those involved in its operation , then it may be said to have reached the status of a convention . |
| 8 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 9 | Again it may be said that though prophets and priests in the bible are male , there is no reason why women should not be ordained or exercise leadership today . |